Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Colour Creations #18 - Gorgeous Grape

Our eighteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "gorgeous grape" from the brights collection. I have chosen gorgeous grape, petal pink and cajun craze from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my gorgeous grape card from 2018. 

For my card today I used the brick & motar 3D embossing folder and the Stampin' Cut Emboss Machine finished with a sponge dauber in cajun craze ink to create a realistic brick wall. I added a strip of basic grey cardstock to mimic a concrete top on the brick wall and vines from the butterfly beauty dies in granny apple green to look like a garden overgrowing the brick wall. I added the butterfly beauty double layer dies as my main focal image and stamped "Just thinking of you" from Many Mates stamp set.    To make the cloud background, I have a 12" cloud cardstock "die" I purchased a long time ago but you can make one using layering circles dies or circle punches overlapping. I used the cloud die and sponge dauber at different angles to create my card background. 


Finally after all that description, here is today's card...


Close up - I covered the gorgeous grape butterflies with wink of stella for added shine.


Inside card - I just got a new order with the "Here's a card" stamp set (purchased in the 15% off sale last week) and I wanted to use the "I made you a card because you're worth it" sentiment but it was smaller than I needed for my card (as my card measures 6" x 6" or 15.2cm x 15.2cm) so I typed my sentiment on the computer and used the fonts, Ballada and Helvetica Neue. 


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!  

Many Mates Cling Stamp Set (English) [152633] $40.00	Here's A Card Cling Stamp Set [149438] $38.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00	Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock [147014] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00
Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad [147105] $13.00	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] $15.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $13.00
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock [106550] $17.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.50
Butterfly Beauty Dies [151819] $68.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Sponge Daubers [133773] $9.00
Sponge Brayers [141714] $14.00	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50

Colour Creations #17 - Garden Green

Our seventeenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "garden green" from the regals collection. I have chosen garden green, melon mambo and coastal cabana from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my garden green card from 2018. 

I am calling my card today my not so garden green card as it started out greener in my head! I started with a misty moonlight sponged background that I added water droplets to (some a little larger than I intended and not exactly where I wanted!) and some Wink of Stella droplets (again larger and not where I wanted but moving on...)
I used 3 of the 4 houses from Coming Home stamp set, stacked to look like one house and I coloured main portion of the house with the melon mambo stampin' blend. I added a coastal cabana door using the woodgrain paper from the brights designer series paper stack and coloured the windows in with pool party stampin' blend. I finished the house with colouring the roof in with a smoky slate stampin' blends.
The trees are garden green sponged cardstock fussy cut with the trunks coloured with soft suede stampin' write marker and finished on whisper white die cut cardstock.
I hand cut a path from smoky slate cardstock and finished the card front off with a Merry Christmas embossed sentiment from Christmas Gleaming stamp set and some of my homemade faux resin dots in garden green. 


Close up view


Inside card - I used the 4th house from the Coming Home stamp set to decorate the inside of the card and the sentiment is from the Tree Angle stamp set


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!  

Coming Home Bundle [155144] $81.00	Tree Angle Photopolymer Stamp Set [153442] $30.00	Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En) [150464] $37.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $13.00	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] $15.50	Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $15.25
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $13.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] $13.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $15.50	Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock [119980] $15.25
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [147051] $13.00	Melon Mambo Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [153112] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [152487] $20.00
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $52.50	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $52.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00

Stampin' Up! 24 hour sale, today only 15% select stamp sets

For today only (Wednesday, September 23rd) until 11.59pm, you can purchase select cling and photopolymer stamp sets at a 15% discount. 

Shop now here and grab 1 or more than 1 of the 59 stamp sets on sale! 

Stampin' Up! 24hr Stamp Set Sale, September 23rd

The Hottest Stamp Sale of the Year!

Stock up on stamp sets at a stellar price! For one day only, you can purchase select cling and photopolymer stamp sets at a 15% discount. This short, stamp-tacular sale only happens once a year. You won’t want to miss out on these super savings! 


Download the stamps on sale flyer

Some of my favourite stamps on sale are:

To a wild rose
A grand kid
Massive thanks
Dry brush
Zany zebras

There’s HEAPS on the list, 59 to be exact! On Wednesday, September 23rd there will be a specific place in the online store you’ll be able to shop directly from.

Mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss this 15% sale!

Custom Envelope for a Slimline Card

Do you remember when I shared this Daffodil Delight card? Well it was my attempt at a slimline card (my version was 17.5cm x 10cm) and I didn't have an envelope for it. Since I made the card, it has been sitting on the side of my desk waiting for an envelope. I finally got around to making one and used some old DSP as it matched the card perfectly.


I have included a diagram of my envelope sketch. As you can see, I begun with a piece of 23cm x 23.5cm DSP and scored it at 5.5cm and 16.5cm and rotated it 90 degrees and scored it at 2.5cm and 21cm. I then did angle cuts (as shown in red) and cut away the pink areas.


I am happy I now have an envelope for my emoji birthday card and a sketch for reference for when I make another card/envelope this size again. Hopefully, this helps you if you make a card this size as well. 

Colour Creations #16 - Flirty Flamingo

Our sixteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "flirty flamingo" from the brights collection. I have chosen flirty flamingo, gorgeous grape and night of navy from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my flirty flamingo card from 2018. 

For my card today I have tried a new take on the scrappy strip technique, (it's really a step up from that) called the mosaic technique. You cut angled strips of cardstock and adhere them across your cardstock horizontally and then cut your cardstock in thin strips. I'd love to make you a video of the technique but you will have to make do with my terrible description as I currently have no voice. Here's a scrappy strip card I have made previously if you need a visual of the technique. 
I added in some gold foil cardstock as I wanted a lighter colour to go with my trio colour palette and I liked the pop the gold foil gave. I heat embossed my sentiment in gold stampin' emboss powder to tie it back into the card and filled in some blank space with my faux resin dots.


Close up


Inside card - I used sponge daubers and inkpads to give the multi coloured birthday sentiment  


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English) [152568] $35.00	Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00	Flirty Flamingo A4 Cardstock [141421] $15.25
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $10.50	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00

Colour Creations #15 - Early Espresso

Our fifteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "early espresso" from the neutrals collection. I have chosen early espresso, cherry cobbler and so saffron from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my early espresso card from 2018. 

For my card this week I decided long ago to make block of chocolate card as early espresso screams chocolate to me. When Kate  make her chocolate version a few weeks ago for crumb cake I was not going to be swayed in my decision. So if you think you are seeing a repeat, you kind of are. I'd also like to say thanks to Tina for the "chocolate" die cuts as I don't own the love you more than dies and she cut a whole stack for me and mailed them to me so I could finish me creation. 
My chocolate "squares" which aren't squares at all, LOL measure 2.5cm x 2cm and 2cm x 1.5cm on a 13.5cm x 9cm early espresso layer. I have used a layer of chipboard packaging between the two early espresso rectangles to give a more realistic look and depth to the chocolate blocks on the overall card.


I used 'Tis The Season DSP (and normal aluminium kitchen foil) to create the "packaging" for the chocolate bar and I love how many of the sheets from this DSP don't read Christmassy and can be used for other things (like this chocolate bar 😀.) I finished off the card with a label created from painted label dies and the chocolate word die from love you more than dies.
Did you know that if you ever get someone else to die cut dies for you, ask them to cut them in whisper white and you can make them any colour you like using the sponge brayers or daubers and ink pads. 

Close up


Inside card - as mentioned above I don't own the love you more than dies nor do I own the nothing better than stamp set so I improvised for the inside of the card. I typed the "I thought you might need some ____ today." and left a blank space for the die cut word chocolate. I used the font Andale Mono (size 14) and used the hex code (#64412C) for early espresso coloured font.   


Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today! 

Early Espresso A4 Card Stock [121686] $15.25	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $13.00	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083] $13.00	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611] $15.25
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $8.75	‘Tis The Season 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [153489] $20.00
Painted Labels Dies [151605] $61.00	Love You More Than Dies [152698] $52.00

Colour Creations #14 - Daffodil Delight

Our fourteenth colour we are focusing on for the colour collections blog hop is "daffodil delight" from the brights collection. I have chosen daffodil delight, mango melody and poppy parade from the colour coach to work with today for my creation. 
Here is my daffodil delight card from 2018. 

I decided to make an emoji style birthday card for my creation this week using punch art and focused on using my chosen colours for the emoji and the party hat. I had to use a lot of dies to create the punch art "look". I gave the party hat a bit of texture with shimmery white embossing paste and the basic pattern decorative mask and finished the hat off with a tassel I created using a cog from garage gears thinlit dies. The rest of the card was completed with a "happy b*day" that was inspired from the happiest of birthdays stamp set. I think it works well with the emoji image. Perfect for the younger teenage crowd. 

Close up


Inside card

Catherine is hosting the colour creations blog hop each week and she has links for all the other ladies participating. 

Live in Australia? Click on the products below to purchase them today!  

Happiest Of Birthdays Cling Stamp Set (English) [152539] $33.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad [147116] $13.00	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $13.00	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $13.00
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $13.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $15.25
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $15.75	Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $10.00
1-1/2" (3.8 Cm) Circle Punch [138299] $28.00	2-1/4" (5.7 Cm) Circle Punch [143720] $31.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Stitched Triangles Dies [152710] $61.00
Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Garage Gears Dies [151812] $57.00

September Specials and News

Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine (standard size) is now available to order! You can also order the magnetic plate for this standard size machine.

You can purchase the machine here in my online store.

Please note: When you purchase the machine, you will receive the base place, the die plate pack, cutting plates and the speciality plate so you DON'T need to purchase these separately!


We have a fabulous new promotion this month if you have ever thought about joining Stampin' Up!
The normal starter kit you pay $169 and select $235 worth of Stampin' Up! products (of your choice), but if you join during September 1st - 30th, Stampin' Up! are including the following products for FREE!

- Queen Anne’s Lace Stamp Set $30 RRP
- So Much Love Stamp Set $35 RRP
- Rhinestone Basic Jewels $8.75 RRP
- Coastal Cabana Card*
- Coastal Cabana Card*

*8 pre-cut paper packs to make 8 cards.

Great if you want to join for yourself, or to use the kits to hit the ground running in your own home based craft business. 

Join now here.



Box of Sunshine Product Pumpkin kits still available, only while stocks last. Shop now here.